Railway-tie.



PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

H. K. J. MANGER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAB.. 22. 1905.

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Patented June 27, 1905.

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HFNRY K. J. MANGER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,205, dated June 27, 1905.

Application filed March 22, 1905. Serial No. 251,477.

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Be it known that I, HnNl-:v lx'. J. MANGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Stateof Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being' had to the accompanying drawing's, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in metallic railway-ties; and itconsists in the novel construction of tie more fully set forth in the specifi :ation and pointed out in the claims.

ln the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section on the broken line l 1 of Fig. Fig. 2 is atop plan of a section of the completed track. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the tie. Fig. sisaplan ofthe original blank Yfrom which the body of the tie is formed. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig'. 6 is a detail plan of the rail-supporting plate and spacingblock for the rails. Fig. 'T is a side elevation of the rail-supporting plate and packingsupporting the same. Fig. 8 is a side elevational detail with parts broken away, showing the abutting ends of two rails and spacing-block between them. Fig. i) isa perspective of the spacing-block. Fig. lOis a perspective of the rail-clamp, and Fig. Vll is a plan of the original blank from which is formed the boxing disposed at each end of the tie.

The object of my invention is to construct a metallic tie which shall be simple, cheap to construct, durable, one which can be securely hound to the road-bed, thereby preventing creeping either longitudinally or laterally, one which is elastic, and one possessing Vfurther and other advantages better apparent from a detailed description of the invention, which ,is as follows:

liel'erring to the drawings, 1 represents the tie formed Yfrom a single sheetof metal, Fig. +L, bent along' the dotted lines l l and forming the resulting' depending marginal flanges 2 P3, as shown in Fig. 1. .lhe adjacent ends of the treads of the contiguous rails R are formed into tongues l and grooves 5, respectively, the tongue projecting' beyond the web and 'flange of the rail, a suitable spacingl block 6 being' interposed between the rails,

the [lange and web beingsulliciently cutaway or recessed to allow the insertion of the head of said block, Fig. S. This block completes the continuity between the railsand serves as a bond which insures firmness for the several rails of the track. The block is provided with a stem T, which passes through an opening 8, formed in the tie. The tongue and groove insures a continuity for the rail-tread, thus preventing the thumping of the trucks of the cars as they pass over the joints between the rails.

The adjacent ends of the rails are supported on plates 9, each plate having formed therefrom a rounded tongue l0, which enters a corresponding groove Yformed along the bottom of the rail, thus securely locking the rail to the plate and the plate to the rail. The plate rests on a cushion of liber or equivalent yielding layer l1, having an inner flange 1Q e111- bracing the edge of the layer 11 on one side and an outer flange 12' embracing the layer 11 and the end of the tie 1, Fig. l. ,Both the plate 9 and cushion 1l have alining openings for the `free passage therethrough of the stem T of the spacing-block 6. The rails are secured to the tie by clamps 1?), each clamp overlapping the rail-flange and having an inner locking-arm 11 inserted tln'ough openings 15 of the tie and plate .l, respectively. Once in position, the clamp is secured by a bolt 1G, the nut 17 of which has passed, preferably, thereover a grease-cup 1S, containing' grease to prevent rusting of the nut and held frictionally to said nut, as shown in Fig. 1.

lBeneath each tie under the rails is secured an open box B, formed, preferably, of a sin gle sheet or blank 19, as shown in Fig.11, and folded along' the dotted lines c c, (Z (I, 1 ff,

ff, and slits s, the body of the blank forming the hase ol the box secured directly to the tie by the same bolts 1G which secure the clamps 13. The sections 2() 2O of the blank nally or laterally.

provided with openings O, which in the completed box register with one another for the reception of suitable pipes or conduits I?, primarily intended for the housing of telegraphwires, telephone-wires, andthe like, or it may even be used to conduct water to the watertanks of the road.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the advantages enumerated are inherent in the construction as shown.

I do not wish, of course, to be limited to the specific details here shown and described, as they may in a measure be departed from without in any wise affecting' the nature or spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is" l. A railway-tie comprising a metal body portion, a rail-supporting plate have a tongue engaging a basal groove of the rail disposed at each end of the tie, a cushioning' layer interposed between the plate and tie and means for preventing shifting of the tie on the roadbed, substantially as set forth.

2. A railway-tie comprising a sheet-metal body portion having marginal depending flanges, a rail-supporting plate at each end of the tie, a cushioning layer interposed between the plate and tie, a tongue formed in the plate and engaging a groove at the bottom of the rail, and means for clamping the rail to the tie, substantially as set forth.

3. A railway-tie comprising a sheet-metal body portion, a rail-supporting plate at each end of the tie, a spacing-block resting on the plate between the adjacent ends of two contiguous rails, and a stem formed on the block and passing through the plate and tie-body, substantially as set forth.

4. A railway-tie comprising a sheet-metal body portion, in combination with an open box carried at the bottom thereof at each end, said box having a depending mouth embedded in the road-bed and preventing displacement of the tie in either direction, substantially as set forth.

5. A railway-tie comprising a sheet-metal body portion, in combination with an open box having a body portion secured to the under side of the tie, and a contracted open mouth embedded in the road-bed and preventing displacement of the tie in either direction, substantially as set forth.

6. In combination with atie composed of a sheet-metal body portion and depending marginal anges, a layer of elastick material at each end of the tie, a rail-supporting plate resting on said layer and having terminal fianges embracing said layer on one end, and the layer and the edge of the tie at the opposite end, a spacing-block located centrally on the supporting-plate and having a stem passing through the plate, the cushioning layer and the tie-body, an open box on the under side of the tie at each end thereof, clamps securing the rail to the tie and supporting-plate and having terminal locking-arms passing through the several parts, and bolts for securing the parts together, substantially as set forth.

7. In combination with a tie, an open box supporting the same and embedded in the road-bed, the opposite walls 0f the box having registering openings for the passage therethrough of a suitable pipe or conduit, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY K. J. MANGER.

IVitnesses:

EMIL STAREK, Jos. A. MICHEL. 

